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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Reuters products and/or services in IT contracts within the Docklands, London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Reuters over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReuters
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4362
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads2444
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.044 %
As % of the category below6.452 %5.040 %
Daily rates quoted1412
Average minimum daily rate£356£415
Average daily rate£389£452
% change on same period last year-13.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£489
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£400
% change on same period last year-37.49 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£19.67
Average hourly rate-£20.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£21.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£17.57
% change on same period last year-
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads372873
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.524 %0.882 %
Daily rates quoted168483
Average minimum daily rate£388£462
Average daily rate£408£496
% change on same period last year-17.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£529
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted718
Average minimum hourly rate£16.46£20.78
Average hourly rate£17.46£22.29
% change on same period last year-21.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.46£23.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Reuters LondonReuters
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Reuters Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Reuters across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Docklands, London Reuters Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Reuters across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Reuters Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Reuters across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Docklands, London Reuters Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Reuters across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Reuters Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Reuters also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Reuters.

126 (60.47 %)Banking
225 (58.14 %)Investment Banking
323 (53.49 %)Bloomberg
417 (39.53 %)Finance
516 (37.21 %)Shell Script
615 (34.88 %)UNIX
712 (27.91 %)Windows
810 (23.26 %)HP
99 (20.93 %)Linux
108 (18.60 %)Lotus
108 (18.60 %)Lotus Notes
116 (13.95 %)XML
116 (13.95 %)SQL
116 (13.95 %)Performance Testing
125 (11.63 %)Volume Testing
125 (11.63 %)RMDS
125 (11.63 %)OO
125 (11.63 %)Solaris
125 (11.63 %)Perl
125 (11.63 %)OpenView
125 (11.63 %)Change Management
125 (11.63 %)TIBCO
125 (11.63 %)Rendezvous
125 (11.63 %)BMC
125 (11.63 %)BMC PATROL
134 (9.302 %)Front Office
134 (9.302 %)Service Delivery
134 (9.302 %)Samba
134 (9.302 %)Windows Server 2003
134 (9.302 %)Windows XP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Reuters also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Reuters. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (13.95 %)XML
21 (2.326 %)Spring
21 (2.326 %).NET
21 (2.326 %)J2EE
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (18.60 %)Lotus Notes
25 (11.63 %)Rendezvous
34 (9.302 %)IIS
41 (2.326 %)MQSeries
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.651 %)Spreadsheet
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (11.63 %)RMDS
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (9.302 %)LAN
14 (9.302 %)WAN
14 (9.302 %)TCP/IP
14 (9.302 %)VLAN
21 (2.326 %)Internet
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.977 %)SQL Server
21 (2.326 %)Datawarehouse
21 (2.326 %)ETL
21 (2.326 %)RDBMS
21 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects
21 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (2.326 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects XI
21 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
21 (2.326 %)Reference Data
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (6.977 %)PowerBuilder
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
126 (60.47 %)Banking
225 (58.14 %)Investment Banking
317 (39.53 %)Finance
44 (9.302 %)Front Office
52 (4.651 %)Back Office
61 (2.326 %)Publishing
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (58.14 %)Analyst
213 (30.23 %)Support Analyst
37 (16.28 %)Business Analyst
37 (16.28 %)Desktop Support
46 (13.95 %)Data Analyst
46 (13.95 %)Market Data Analyst
46 (13.95 %)Market Analyst
55 (11.63 %)Desktop Support Analyst
55 (11.63 %)Developer
55 (11.63 %)Desktop Analyst
64 (9.302 %)Senior Analyst
73 (6.977 %)Senior Support Analyst
73 (6.977 %)Technical Tester
73 (6.977 %)Tester
82 (4.651 %)1st Line Support
82 (4.651 %)Java Developer
82 (4.651 %)Test Analyst
82 (4.651 %)Project Manager
82 (4.651 %)Infrastructure Analyst
82 (4.651 %)Technical Test Analyst
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.977 %)Equities
22 (4.651 %)Derivative
22 (4.651 %)Fixed Income
31 (2.326 %)Equity Derivative
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (34.88 %)UNIX
212 (27.91 %)Windows
39 (20.93 %)Linux
45 (11.63 %)Solaris
54 (9.302 %)Windows XP
54 (9.302 %)Windows Server 2003
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (13.95 %)Performance Testing
25 (11.63 %)Volume Testing
25 (11.63 %)OO
25 (11.63 %)Change Management
34 (9.302 %)Service Delivery
43 (6.977 %)System Testing
43 (6.977 %)Data Management
52 (4.651 %)Benchmarking
61 (2.326 %)TDD
61 (2.326 %)Asset Management
61 (2.326 %)Business Analysis
61 (2.326 %)Incident Management
61 (2.326 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (2.326 %)Electronic Trading
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (37.21 %)Shell Script
26 (13.95 %)SQL
35 (11.63 %)Perl
44 (9.302 %)PowerShell
44 (9.302 %)VBScript
52 (4.651 %)C#
52 (4.651 %)C++
52 (4.651 %)Java
61 (2.326 %)VBA
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (9.302 %)NFS
14 (9.302 %)Samba
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (11.63 %)OpenView
15 (11.63 %)BMC PATROL
24 (9.302 %)HP Data Protector
Docklands, London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (53.49 %)Bloomberg
210 (23.26 %)HP
38 (18.60 %)Lotus
45 (11.63 %)TIBCO
45 (11.63 %)BMC
54 (9.302 %)Sybase
54 (9.302 %)GoldenSource
54 (9.302 %)Telerate
63 (6.977 %)thinkFolio
63 (6.977 %)Oracle
71 (2.326 %)Business Objects
71 (2.326 %)Microsoft